No matter how many precautions we take, none of us are truly in control. Only God can claim that kind of authority. All we can do is use the good sense he provides and trust him to guide us. Meredith...
No matter how many people reject or betray you, if you have even one person in your life you can count on--really, truly count on--you can overcome any obstacle. Trusting the wrong person might lead t...
I’ll fill a tray for Mr. Thornton, she offered, eager for any excuse to check up on the man and judge the severity of his injuries for herself, and take it to the workshop. That won’t be necessary, Mi...
I . . . uh . . . thinking about the time you got mad at me for . . . trampling that cockroach. Then remembered how you lit into Goodwin with that bat. I found it funny.
It’s been hours, son. Footsteps echoed in the room. Let me sit with her for a few minutes while you go— I’m staying. I have to. I love her, Uncle Curtis. There were the words again. Only this time ins...
I want to trust you that completely, her heart prayed, for she knew she didn't. She was a clinger, not a leaper. Once she found a safe branch, she grabbed on and held tight with every once of strength...
I love you, Lottie, and I want to make you my wife. Stone's low voice rumbled between them. Ardent. Unwavering. Determined. I'll pursue you, he vowed, until a parson either joins us in marriage or spe...
I got ya, darlin’. I’m not your darling.
How had he managed to hitch himself to the one woman in all of creation who not only understood his past but stood ready to fight for his future? The miracle of it made his head spin. All he could do...
His gaze trailed over her face, memorizing each line and curve. She’d been his wife for little more than a fortnight, but she owned his heart. If anything happened to her, he’d be lost.
He’d listened to enough half-truths and outright lies from the outlaws he’d collected bounties on not to notice the slight hesitations in her speech or the exaggerated casualness of her posture. The w...
He treated her like a china doll that needed to sit on a high shelf and be admired but never handled. Marietta didn’t want to be admired from a distance. She wanted to be touched. Held. Embraced. By h...
He really was a good man. A gentle man. That’s why she couldn’t close the door on her memories, not completely. Because Ben Porter had wormed his way into them. Standing up for her against the lechero...
God loves us, Izzy, and wants to give us good gifts, but those gifts aren’t always what we expect. Sometimes instead of making a person well, he comforts us and gives us the courage to go on. Sometime...
Gadzooks, lady! Where’d you learn to throw like that? The awe in the boy’s tone brought heat to her cheeks. A pirate taught me, she snapped, stomping forward to reclaim her blade. For heaven’s sake. D...
Forgive yourself for the child you were unable to save, Darius, and praise God for the many who are alive today because of your actions.
Eva, on the other hand, forfeited her edge without hesitation. Despite her ingrained insecurity about her eyes and a history of outsiders devaluing her because of them, she openly professed her broken...
Do I really have to face him again, Travis? The man will be insufferable after besting me as he did. Travis grinned and grabbed up the empty basket. You can handle him. I’ve got faith in you. He held...
Darius, please. You’re hurting me. He opened his eyes at once. Nicole? She lay draped across his chest, her face angled up to his, her dark braid curling beneath her chin. A ragged breath escaped him....
Certainty of purpose pumping with every heartbeat. That rare sense of satisfaction that came only when one responded to the call to the direct call of the Lord.